Project officer (Education and Child Protection)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure a smooth exchange between LebRelief team, beneficiaries and the community and provide technical support when needed;
• Conduct daily classroom observation and mentor sessions in the assigned locations;
• Follow up on the proper implementation of the NFE curriculum and teachers’ attendance;
• Identify teachers’ capacity building needs and structure capacity building and professional development plan for teachers in the assigned locations;
• Ensure quality and minimum protection standards implemented and respected in all activities, including SGBV.
• Support students’ registration and monitor regular attendance and drop-out;
• Ensure a strict adherence to the principles of Protection at all times, including respect for confidentiality;
• Arrange and ensure that all procurement requests and plans are delivered as per the requirements of the team;
• Create and update the activity plans per activity/programmed site;
• Communicate the targets, programmed objectives and activity plans clearly to ensure that they are well understood among the teachers and social workers;
• Establish and maintain a monthly and weekly work plan, which will include weekly monitoring visits to all the implemented programmatic activities;
• Liaise with local institutions, such as SDCs and municipalities to ensure systems implemented at the regional level;
• Report on weekly and monthly bases the target reached and the area of implementation, and challenges faced during the implementation;
• Ensure a strict adherence to the principles of Protection at all times, including respect for confidentiality;
• Work closely with all teams, with particular focus on Education and Food Security and Livelihoods team to ensure the program integration;
• Attend education and protection-working groups, meetings and trainings to ensure an up to date cognition on the policies;
• Other related activities may apply as per request of the Project Coordinator and/or Programme Manager.

Education:

• Bachelor degree in social sciences, education or any relevant degree.

Related Skills:

• Experience in managing people and working in a team;
• Minimum of 3 years of working experience in education and protection sectors;
• Ability to work under pressure, multi-task and meet deadlines;
• Facilitation, capacity building experience and coaching skills;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills;
• Good computer skills;
• Reporting skills;
• Ability to analyze information;
• Strength in interpersonal and communication skills;
• Fluent in written and spoken Arabic, good in written and spoken English;
• Experience in working with refugee communities in Lebanon.